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NORTHEAST BRONX

Neighborhoods

(north of Pelham Parkway, east of Bronx River)

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Woodlawn

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  • WOODLAWN CEMETERY (A National Historic Landmark), Webster Avenue & East 233rd Street (718) 920-0500

 

  • ONEIDATRIANGLE (or Rita Ley Triangle), East 238th Street, Van Cortlandt Park East & Oneida Avenue--dedicated to the men of Woodlawn Heights who served in WWI

 

Woodlawn

boundaries: N- McLean Ave.; E- Bronx River; S- Woodlawn Cemetery; W- Van Cortlandt Park

 

 

 

An Irish neighborhood with great places to eat typical Irish food.

 

Woodlawn Cemetery

Morris Park

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Bronxdale

boundaries: Bronx Park East; Williamsbridge Rd.; Adee Ave.; Pelham Parkway North

 

 

 

 

A subsection of the Allerton neighborhood, it is just south of Pelham Parkway and east of the Bronx River.

 

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Morris Park

 

boundaries; N- Pelham Parkway; E & S- Amtrak/Metro-North tracs; W-Bronxdale-Muliner Ave.

 

 

 

Back in the 1890-1910 there was a a racetrack in this area which was built by John Albert Morris. There was a fire in 1910 and the property was divided into lots to create this neighborhood.

Guest Writer's/

Neighborhood of the month

Pelham Parkway

  • BRONX MILITARY MUSEUM at the John Dormi & Sons Funeral Home, 1121 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, (718) 863-2000  

Pelham Parkway

 

boundaries: N- Waring Ave.; E- IRT Dyre Ave. Line tracks; S- Neill Ave.; W- Bronx River Parkway

 

 

 

Part of the Mosholu-Pelham Greenway, Pelham Bay Park is NYC's largest park.  It is more than 3X the size of Central Park.

 

Bartow-Pell Mansion

  • PELHAM BAY PARK, Hutchinson River, Long Island Sound bet. Bronc County Line and Middletown Rd., Watt Ave. 

    • AMERICAN BOY by Louis St. Lannes  

    • BARTOW-PELL MANSION, 895 Shore Road (718) 885-1461 or check Historic Houses  

    • ORCHARD BEACH and Promenade  

    • BRONX VICTORY MEMORIAL by Belle Kinney & Leopold F. Scholz

    • GLOVER'S ROCK marks the site of the Battle of Pell’s Point on October 18, 1776

    • THOMAS PELL WILDLIFE SANCTUARY/Hunter Island Marine Zoology and Geology Sanctuary 

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City Island
City Island

boundaries: S- Pelham Bay; E- Eastchester Bay; Western end of Long Island Sound

 

It is only 1 1/2 miles long and it is west of Long Island Sound.  At one time owned by Thomas Pell. After the American Revolution, oystermen settled on the island and ship building industry grew.

 

City Island Historical Society

Neighborhoods

 

  • HAWKINS PARK, City Island Avenue between Fordham St. & Hawkins St.  

    • GRANITE MONUMENT honoring Navy Seaman 2nd Class Leonard Hillson and 104 young men from City Island

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Van Nest

boundaries: NE- Bronxdale Ave.; SE- Amtrak tracks; W- Bronx Park

 

 

 

The park's named is from a railroad station.

 

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Van Nest

  • VAN NEST PARK, White Plains Rd. Van Nest Ave, Unionport Rd.  

    • ​​VAN NEST MEMORIAL SQUARE- has a monument in honor of fallen soldiers  

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